November 26, 1813 - John Lynch
Operating across colonial New South Wales during a period when the interior was sparsely settled and difficult to police, Lynch carried out a sustained series of killings over six years before his capture and confession. His case stands as one of the earliest documented instances of serial murder in Australian history, notable both for the span of his crimes and the number of victims he ultimately acknowledged.
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John Lynch (c. 1812 – 22 April 1842) was an Irish-born Australian serial killer who confessed to the killing of ten people between 1836 and 1842. He is possibly the most prolific individual serial killer in Australian history. Lynch arrived in Australia as a convict, assigned to a farm in the Berrima district. He murdered a fellow assigned convict in 1836 but was acquitted of the charge. After a period in a convict gang he absconded, and by July 1841 he had made his way back to the Berrima district. On two occasions Lynch murdered carriers along the road between Berrima and Camden, stealing their drays and teams. In the latter half of 1841 Lynch murdered the farmer John Mulligan and his family, and took possession of their farm in the Berrima district using the name John Dunleavy.
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